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how we choose our ingredients

SPF is the #1 thing you can do for your skin, but sunscreen is only one part of a formula. We take just as much care selecting the other 70-90% of our ingredients to deliver added benefits while meeting the highest global standards for quality and safety.

Supergoop! is sold around the world, so we approach our product development with a global lens to create high-quality formulas you can trust.

We never formulate with ingredients that are tested on animals.

We never formulate with animal byproducts.

We never formulate with these ingredients, often found in other suncare, skincare and/or beauty products.

Oxybenzone, octinoxate, parabens, phthalates and synthetic fragrances.

Read our “No List" of ingredients we never formulate with:

Sunscreen Actives

Oxybenzone
Octinoxate
Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

Solvents

Aminomethyl propanol
Benzene
Butane
Butoxyethanol
Isobutane
Methoxyethanol
Methyl cellosolve
Methyl lactate

Petrochemicals (petroleum distillates obtained from the oil refining process), not limited to:

Mineral oil
Petrolatum

Fragrance Ingredients

Synthetic flavors or fragrances
Phthalates

Preservatives

Benzalkonium chloride
Benzophenone and derivatives
BHA and BHT
Formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasers
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
Methylisothiazolinone
Parabens

Other Cosmetic Ingredients

Aminomethylpropanol
Cyclomethicone*
Ethanolamines
Natural mica sourced from India or Madagascar
Mica must either be synthetic or certified as responsibly produced (e.g. Responsible Minerals Initiative)
Microplastics (solid particles <5 mm diam.)
Palm oil
Polysorbates
Propylene glycol
Talc
Wheat-derived ingredients and gluten

*City Sunscreen Serum SPF 30 contains this ingredient, but we are working on an update as soon as we can.

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